He was last seen on February 7 at London’s Air Ambulance Charity Ball where his hair looked shorter and was more slicked back.

Shooting new scenes, Tom wore a black leather jacket as he took control in a battered up open truck.

Filming for the eighth instalment – which will likely be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two – has started up again after the actor’s strike delayed the production.

Tom Cruise sported longer hair (left) as he was spotted filming for Mission Impossible’s eighth instalment (seen right in February 2024)

The actor, 61, was at work shooting a chase scene in a Derbyshire mine when his locks looked distinctly longer than the last time he was seen in public

Film crews had been prepping for the huge shoot in Derbyshire for around a week.

Tom joined them for a scene which involved a car chase and a crash in a disused mine.

He was seen driving at speed out of the mine and pulling a very long skid which brought a smile to his face.

The A-list actor later fist bumped some of the crew who had worked tirelessly since the early morning to ensure the scene was carried out safely.

He filmed the scenes into the evening but kept a smile on his face as he worked hard at the project.

The Mission: Impossible film series, beginning in 1996, is based on a 1966 television series of the same name.

Production on the eighth film had originally halted so that the cast could promote Part One, and then the strike began causing further delays.

Along with Mission: Impossible, Tom is flying back into action for a new Top Gun sequel after the massive box office success of the previous entry.

Tom will be back as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, and Paramount, which will be producing again, is hoping to reunite him with his recent costars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.

Shooting new scenes, Tom wore a black leather jacket as he took control in a battered up open truck

Filming for the eighth instalment – which will likely be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two – has started up again after the actor’s strike delayed the production

Film crews had been prepping for the huge shoot in Derbyshire for around a week before Tom arrived on set

Tom joined them for a scene which involved a car chase and a crash in a disused mine

He was seen driving at speed out of the mine and pulling a very long skid which brought a smile to his face

The Mission: Impossible film series, beginning in 1996, is based on a 1966 television series of the same name

The news that Tom is back in business with Paramount — where he has released many of his recent films — comes just days after he signed up for a deal with Warner Bros. to produce and develop new films for that studio, including movies he’ll star in.

According to Puck News, Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is writing a script for the third entry in the series.

Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that director Joseph Kosinski is also expected to return after proving himself with the critical and commercial smash success.

Tom’s last deal with Paramount ended in 2006, despite his continued work with the studio, and the new deal with Warner Bros. is nonexclusive, which will allow him to still work with other studios.

However, he’s expected to be getting his own office on the Warners lot.

Tom and his costars helped lead the long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick to nearly $1.5 billion in grosses, and the action film’s months-long stint in theaters help revive the theatrical business amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Although news of the high-flying sequel struck some as an attempt to blunt the positive publicity Warner Bros. was getting for scoring a Tom connection, THR reports that it has been quietly in development since the late fall.

 

Paramount didn’t comment on the development.

Production on the eighth film had originally halted so that the cast could promote Part One, and then the strike began causing further delays

Along with Mission: Impossible, Tom is flying back into action for a new Top Gun sequel after the massive box office success of the previous entry

He filmed the scenes into the evening but kept a smile on his face as he worked hard at the project

The cast and crew were hard at work shooting the scenes long into the night

Tom Cruise greets fans in London (but cabbie less than impressed!)

The assisting crew were hard at work making sure that everything ran smoothly